#488E98#488E98

#488E98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.072 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E98
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -19.11, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 22.61, 212.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0637 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.072 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0107, 22.9891, 33.1879)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E98 #985248

analogous

#48987A #488E98 #486698

triadic

#488E98 #98488E #8E9848

tetradic

#488E98 #7A4898 #985248 #669848

square

#488E98 #7A4898 #985248 #669848

split-complementary

#488E98 #984866 #987A48

monochromatic

#214045 #34676E #488E98 #66ADB7 #90C3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#488E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#488E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E98

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E98	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.072 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afb6',
    500: '#488e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e98;
$custom-light: #82afb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60524,
    "c": 0.07188,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E98

secondary

#B68C86

accent

#6A5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E98

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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